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Statistical Service of Cyprus.
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Demography, Social Statistics, Labour and Tourism.
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Statistical Service of Cyprus
Michael Karaolis St.,
1444 Nicosia
Cyprus
1.6. Contact email address
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31 March 20142.2. Metadata last posted
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31 March 20143.1. Data description
Restricted from publication3.2. Classification system
ISCO-08, NACE Rev. 2, etc.
3.3. Coverage - sector
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1. Statistical concepts and definitions - Usual residence
Usual residence means the place where a person normally spends the daily period of rest, regardless of temporary absences for purposes of recreation, holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage.
Persons usually resident in the place of enumeration but absent, or expected to be absent, at the time of the census for less than one year shall be considered as temporarily absent persons and thus included in the total unsually population. In contrast, persons living or expected to live outside the place of enumeration for one year or more shall not be considered temporarily absent and shall therefore be excluded from the total population. This is regardless of the length of visits that they may pay to their families from time to time.
Persons who are enumerated but do not meet the criteria for usual residence in the place of enumeration, i.e. do not live or do not expect to live in the place of enumeration for a continuous period of at least 12 months, are considered temporarily present and are therefore not counted in the total usually resident population.
3.4.2. Statistical concepts and definitions - Sex
The sex of each person enumerated, was recorded.
3.4.3. Statistical concepts and definitions - Age
The age reached at the reference date (in completed years).
3.4.4. Statistical concepts and definitions - Marital status
Marital status is the (legal) conjugal status of an individual in relation to the marriage laws of the country (de jure status).
A person shall be classified according to his/her most recently acquired legal marital status at the reference date.
'Registered partnerships' are reported only by countries that have a legal framework regulating partnerships that:
(a) lead to legal conjugal obligations between two persons;
(b) are not marriages;
(c) prevent persons to commit themselves into multiple partnerships with different partners.
In countries where the legislation includes provisions for married partners to be 'legally separated', such 'legally separated' persons are classified under 'married'.
Cyprus does not have a legal framework that allows for registered partnerships.
3.4.5. Statistical concepts and definitions - Family status
The family nucleus is defined in the narrow sense, that is as two or more persons who belong to the same household and who are related as husband and wife, as partners in a registered partnership, as partners in a consensual union, or as parent and child. Thus a family comprises a couple without children, or a couple with one or more children, or a lone parent with one or more children. This family concept limits relationships between children and adults to direct (first-degree) relationships, that is between parents and children.
Child (son/daughter) refers to a blood, step- or adopted son or daughter (regardless of age or marital status) who has usual residence in the household of at least one of the parents, and who has no partner or own children in the same household. Foster children are not included. A son or daughter who lives with a spouse, with a registered partner, with a partner in a consensual union, or with one or more own children, is not considered to be a child. A child who alternates between two households (for instance if his or her parents are divorced) shall consider the one where he or she spends the majority of the time as his or her household. Where an equal amount of time is spent with both parents the household shall be the one where the child is found at the time on census night.
The term couple shall include married couples, couples in registered partnerships, and couples who live in a consensual union.
Registered partnerships are reported only by countries that have a legal framework regulating partnerships that:
(a) lead to legal conjugal obligations between two persons;
(b) are not marriages;
(c) prevent persons to commit themselves into multiple partnerships with different partners.
Cyprus does not have a legal framework that allows for registered partnerships.
Two persons are considered to be partners in a 'consensual union' when they
— belong to the same household, and
— have a marriage-like relationship with each other, and
— are not married to or in a registered partnership with each other.
'Skip-generation households' (households consisting of a grandparent or grandparents and one or more grandchildren, but no parent of those grandchildren) are not included in the definition of a family.
3.4.6. Statistical concepts and definitions - Household status
Private households may be defined according to the 'housekeeping concept' , or, if this is not possible, Member States may apply the 'household-dwelling' concept.
1. Housekeeping concept
According to the housekeeping concept, a private household is either:
(a) A one-person household, that is a person who lives alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multiperson household as defined below; or
(b) A multiperson household, that is a group of two or more persons who combine to occupy the whole or part of a housing unit and to provide themselves with food and possibly other essentials for living. Members of the group may pool their incomes to a greater or lesser extent.
CYSTAT used the housekeeping concept.
2. Household-dwelling concept
The household-dwelling concept considers all persons living in a housing unit to be members of the same household, such that there is one household per occupied housing unit. In the household dwelling concept, then, the number of occupied housing units and the number of households occupying them is equal, and the locations of the housing units and house holds are identical.
The category 'Persons living in a private household' comprises 'Persons in a family nucleus' and 'Persons not in a family nucleus'. The category 'Persons in a family nucleus' comprises all persons who belong to a private household that contains a family nucleus of which they are a member. 'Persons not in a family nucleus' comprises all persons who either belong to a non-family household or to a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household.
A non-family household can be a one-person household ('Living alone') or a multiperson household without any family nucleus. The category 'Not living alone' comprises persons that live either in a multiperson household without any family nucleus or in a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household. Persons who belong to a skip-generation household and who are not member of any family nucleus in that household shall be classified in the optional category 'Persons living in a household with relative(s)'.
The term 'son/daughter' is defined as the term 'child' in the technical specifications for the topic 'Family status'. 'Husband/wife couple' means a married opposite-sex couple.
'Registered partnership' is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic 'Legal marital status'. 'Consensual union' is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic 'Family status'.
The category 'Partners' comprises 'Persons in a married couple', 'Partners in a registered partnership' and 'Partners in a consensual union'.
'Primary homeless persons' are persons living in the streets without a shelter that would fall within the scope of living quarters as defined in the technical specifications for the topic 'Type of living quarters'.
3.4.7. Statistical concepts and definitions - Current activity status
Current activity status' is the current relationship of a person to economic activity, based on a reference period of one week, which may be either a specified, recent, fixed, calendar week, or the last complete calendar week, or the last seven days prior to enumeration.
The 'currently economically active population' comprises all persons who fulfil the requirements for inclusion among the employed or the unemployed.
'Employed' persons comprise all persons aged 15 years or over who during the reference week:
(a) performed at least one hour of work for pay or profit, in cash or in kind, or
(b) were temporarily absent from a job in which they had already worked and to which they maintained a formal attachment, or from a self-employment activity.
The 'unemployed' comprise all persons aged 15 years or over who were:
(a) 'without work', that is, were not in wage employment or self-employment during the reference week; and
(b) 'currently available for work', that is, were available for wage employment or self-employment during the reference week and for two weeks after that; and
(c) 'seeking work', that is, had taken specific steps to seek wage employment or self-employment within four weeks ending with the reference week.
The category 'Currently not economically active' includes persons below the national minimum age for economic activity.
In ascribing a single activity status to each person, priority is given to the status of 'employed' in preference to 'unemployed', and to the status of 'unemployed' in preference to 'not economically active'.
3.4.8. Statistical concepts and definitions - Occupation
Occupation' refers to the type of work done in a job (that is the main tasks and duties of the work). Persons doing more than one job are allocated an occupation based on their main job, which is identified according to the time spent on the job or, if not available, to the income received.
The breakdown by occupation is available for persons aged 15 or over that were:
— employed during the reference week, or
— unemployed during the reference week, but have ever been in employment
Persons are classified according to the occupation they had during their most recent employment. The categories included in the breakdown 'occupation' correspond to the major groups of the ISCO-08 (COM) classification.
Persons under the age of 15 years, as well as persons aged 15 or over that were:
— not economically active during the reference week, or
— unemployed, never worked before (i.e. they have never been employed in their lives)
are classified under 'not applicable'.
The allocation of a person within the breakdowns of the topics 'Occupation', 'Industry' and 'Status in employment' is based on the same job.
3.4.9. Statistical concepts and definitions - Industry
Industry (branch of economic activity) is the kind of production or activity of the establishment (or similar unit) in which the job of a currently economically active person is located.
Persons doing more than one job shall be allocated an industry (branch of economic activity) based on their main job, which is to be identified according to the time spent on the job or (if not available) the income received.
The breakdown by industry is available for persons aged 15 or over that were:
— employed during the reference week, or
— unemployed during the reference week, but have ever been in employment
Persons are classified according to the industry they worked in during their most recent employment. The categories included in the breakdown 'industry' list the 21 sections of the NACE Rev. 2 classification and appropriate aggregates.
Persons under the age of 15 years, as well as persons aged 15 or over that were:
— not economically active during the reference week, or
— unemployed, and have never worked before (i.e. have never been employed in their lives)
are classified under 'not applicable'.
The allocation of a person within the breakdowns of the topics 'Occupation', 'Industry' and 'Status in employment' is based on the same job.
3.4.10. Statistical concepts and definitions - Status in employment
An 'employee' is a person who works in a 'paid employment' job, that is a job where the explicit or implicit contract of employment gives the incumbent a basic remuneration, which is independent of the revenue of the unit for which he/she works.
An 'employer' is a person who, working on his or her own account or with a small number of partners, holds a 'self-employment' job and, in this capacity, on a continuous basis (including the reference week) has engaged one or more persons to work for him/her as 'employees'.
If a person is both employer and employee, he/she shall be allocated to only one group according to the time spent on the job or (if not available) the income received.
An 'own-account worker' is a person who, working on his/her own account or with one or a few partners, holds a 'self-employment job' and has not engaged, on a continuous basis (including the reference week), any 'employees'.
A 'contributing family worker' is a person who
— holds a 'self-employment’ job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person, living in the same household, and
— cannot be regarded as a partner (that is an employer or own-account worker) because the degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors to be determined by national circumstances, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment.
A 'member of a producers' cooperative' is a person who holds a 'self-employment' job in an establishment organised as a coop erative, in which each member takes part on an equal footing with other members in determining the organisation of production, sales and/or other work, the investments and the distribution of the proceeds among the members.
3.4.11. Statistical concepts and definitions - Place of work
The location of the place of work is the geographical area in which a currently employed person does his/her job.
The place of work of those mostly working at home is the same as their usual residence. The term 'working' refers to work done as an 'employed person' as defined under the topic 'Current activity status'. 'Mostly' working at home means that the person spends all or most of the time working at home, and less, or no, time in a place of work other than at home.
3.4.12. Statistical concepts and definitions - Educational attainment
'Educational attainment' refers to the highest level successfully completed in the educational system of the country where the education was received. All education which is relevant to the completion of a level is taken into account even if this was provided outside schools and universities.
Persons aged 15 years or over are classified under only one of the categories according to their educational attainment (highest completed level). Persons under the age of 15 years are classified under 'not applicable'.
3.4.13. Statistical concepts and definitions - Size of the locality
A locality is defined as a distinct population cluster, that is an area defined by population living in neighbouring or contiguous buildings. Such buildings may either:
(a) form a continuous built-up area with a clearly recognisable street formation; or
(b) though not part of such a built-up area, comprise a group of buildings to which a locally recognised place name is uniquely attached; or
(c) though not meeting either of the above two criteria, constitute a group of buildings, none of which is separated from its nearest neighbour by more than 200 metres.
The LAU2 level (municipalities and communities) was used by CYSTAT for the definition of Locality.
3.4.14. Statistical concepts and definitions - Place of birth
Place of birth is defined as the place of usual residence of the mother at the time of the birth, or, if not available, as the place in which the birth took place.
Information on the country of birth is based on the international boundaries existing on 1 January 2011. 'EU Member State', in particular, means a country that is a member of the European Union on 1 January 2011. The list of countries in the breakdown 'country/place of birth' serves only for statistical purposes.
For reporting countries that are EU Member States, the sub-category under the category 'other EU Member State' that refers to their Member State does not apply. For reporting countries that are not EU Member States, the category 'Other EU Member State' shall be read as 'EU Member State'.
The category 'Information not classifiable according to current borders' covers those persons whose country of birth existed at the time of the birth, but no longer exists at the time of the census, and who cannot be allocated uniquely to one country existing at the time of the census, i.e. according to current borders.
The category 'outside any country' covers persons for whom the usual residence of the mother at the time of the birth is not known and who where born outside the borders of any country, for example at sea or in the air.
CYSTAT used the place of usual residence of the mother at the time of birth as the definition of the Place of Birth.
3.4.15. Statistical concepts and definitions - Country of citizenship
Citizenship is defined as the particular legal bond between an individual and his/her State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, option, marriage or other means according to the national legislation.
A person with two or more citizenships is allocated to only one country of citizenship, to be determined in the following order of precedence:
1. reporting country; or
2. if the person does not have the citizenship of the reporting country: other EU Member State; 3. if the person does not have the citizenship of another EU Member State: other country outside the European Union.
'EU Member State' means a country that is a member of the European Union on 1 January 2011. The list of countries in the breakdown 'Country of citizenship' shall only apply for statistical purposes.
For reporting countries that are EU Member States, the sub-category of the category 'citizenship not of reporting country, but other EU Member State' that refers to their Member State does not apply. For reporting countries that are not EU Member States, the category 'citizenship not of reporting country, but other EU Member State' shall be changed to 'citizenship of an EU Member State'.
Persons who are neither citizens of any country nor stateless and who have some but not all of the rights and duties associated with citizenship shall be classified under 'recognised non-citizens'.
3.4.16. Statistical concepts and definitions - Year of arrival in the country
The year of arrival is the calendar year in which a person most recently established usual residence in the country. The data for 2011 refer to the time span between 1 January 2011 and the reference date.
3.4.17. Statistical concepts and definitions - Residence one year before
This indicates the relationship between the current place of usual residence and the place of usual residence one year prior to the census. Children under one year of age are classified under 'Not applicable'.
For all persons that have changed their usual residence more than once within the year prior to the reference date, the previous place of usual residence is the last usual residence from which they moved to their current place of usual residence.
3.4.18. Statistical concepts and definitions - Housing arrangements
The topic 'Housing arrangements' covers the whole population and refers to the type of housing in which a person usually resides at the time of the census. This covers all persons who are usual residents in different types of living quarters, or who do not have a usual residence and stay temporarily in some type of living quarters, or who are roofless, sleeping rough or in emergency shelters, when the census is taken.
Occupants are persons with their usual residence in the places listed in the respective category.
'Conventional dwellings' are structurally separate and independent premises at fixed locations which are designed for permanent human habitation and are, at the reference date, either used as a residence, or vacant, or reserved for seasonal or secondary use.
'Separate' means surrounded by walls and covered by a roof or ceiling so that one or more persons can isolate themselves. 'Independent' means having direct access from a street or a staircase, passage, gallery or grounds.
'Other housing units' are huts, cabins, shacks, shanties, caravans, houseboats, barns, mills, caves or any other shelter used for human habitation at the time of the census, irrespective if it was designed for human habitation.
'Collective living quarters' are premises which are designed for habitation by large groups of individuals or several households and which are used as the usual residence of at least one person at the time of the census.
'Occupied conventional dwellings', 'other housing units' and 'collective living quarters' together represent'‘living quarters'. Any 'living quarter' must be the usual residence of at least one person.
The sum of occupied conventional dwellings and other housing units represents 'housing units'.
The homeless (persons who are not usual residents in any living quarter category) can be persons living in the streets without a shelter that would fall within the scope of living quarters (primary homelessness) or persons moving frequently between temporary accommodation (secondary homelessness).
3.4.19. Statistical concepts and definitions - Type of family nucleus
The family nucleus is defined in the narrow sense, that is as two or more persons who belong to the same household and who are related as husband and wife, as partners in a registered partnership, as partners in a consensual union, or as parent and child. Thus a family comprises a couple without children, or a couple with one or more children, or a lone parent with one or more children. This family concept limits relationships between children and adults to direct (first-degree) relationships, that is between parents and children.
Child (son/daughter) refers to a blood, step- or adopted son or daughter (regardless of age or marital status) who has usual residence in the household of at least one of the parents, and who has no partner or own children in the same household. Foster children are not included. A son or daughter who lives with a spouse, with a registered partner, with a partner in a consensual union, or with one or more own children, is not considered to be a child. A child who alternates between two households (for instance if his or her parents are divorced) shall consider the one where he or she spends the majority of the time as his or her household. Where an equal amount of time is spent with both parents the household shall be the one where the child is found at the time on census night.
The term couple shall include married couples, couples in registered partnerships, and couples who live in a consensual union.
Registered partnerships are reported only by countries that have a legal framework regulating partnerships that:
(a) lead to legal conjugal obligations between two persons;
(b) are not marriages;
(c) prevent persons to commit themselves into multiple partnerships with different partners.
Two persons are considered to be partners in a 'consensual union' when they
— belong to the same household, and
— have a marriage-like relationship with each other, and
— are not married to or in a registered partnership with each other.
'Skip-generation households' (households consisting of a grandparent or grandparents and one or more grandchildren, but no parent of those grandchildren) are not included in the definition of a family.
3.4.20. Statistical concepts and definitions - Size of family nucleus
The family nucleus is defined in the narrow sense, that is as two or more persons who belong to the same household and who are related as husband and wife, as partners in a registered partnership, as partners in a consensual union, or as parent and child. Thus a family comprises a couple without children, or a couple with one or more children, or a lone parent with one or more children. This family concept limits relationships between children and adults to direct (first-degree) relationships, that is between parents and children.
Child (son/daughter) refers to a blood, step- or adopted son or daughter (regardless of age or marital status) who has usual residence in the household of at least one of the parents, and who has no partner or own children in the same household. Foster children are not included. A son or daughter who lives with a spouse, with a registered partner, with a partner in a consensual union, or with one or more own children, is not considered to be a child. A child who alternates between two households (for instance if his or her parents are divorced) shall consider the one where he or she spends the majority of the time as his or her household. Where an equal amount of time is spent with both parents the household shall be the one where the child is found at the time on census night.
The term couple shall include married couples, couples in registered partnerships, and couples who live in a consensual union.
Registered partnerships are reported only by countries that have a legal framework regulating partnerships that:
(a) lead to legal conjugal obligations between two persons;
(b) are not marriages;
(c) prevent persons to commit themselves into multiple partnerships with different partners.
Two persons are considered to be partners in a 'consensual union' when they
— belong to the same household, and
— have a marriage-like relationship with each other, and
— are not married to or in a registered partnership with each other.
'Skip-generation households' (households consisting of a grandparent or grandparents and one or more grandchildren, but no parent of those grandchildren) are not included in the definition of a family.
3.4.21. Statistical concepts and definitions - Type of private household
Private households may be defined according to the 'housekeeping concept' , or, if this is not possible, Member States may apply the 'household-dwelling' concept.
1. Housekeeping concept
According to the housekeeping concept, a private household is either:
(a) A one-person household, that is a person who lives alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multiperson household as defined below; or
(b) A multiperson household, that is a group of two or more persons who combine to occupy the whole or part of a housing unit and to provide themselves with food and possibly other essentials for living. Members of the group may pool their incomes to a greater or lesser extent.
CYSTAT used the housekeeping concept.
2. Household-dwelling concept
The household-dwelling concept considers all persons living in a housing unit to be members of the same household, such that there is one household per occupied housing unit. In the household dwelling concept, then, the number of occupied housing units and the number of households occupying them is equal, and the locations of the housing units and house holds are identical.
The category 'Persons living in a private household' comprises 'Persons in a family nucleus' and 'Persons not in a family nucleus'. The category 'Persons in a family nucleus' comprises all persons who belong to a private household that contains a family nucleus of which they are a member. 'Persons not in a family nucleus' comprises all persons who either belong to a non-family household or to a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household.
A non-family household can be a one-person household ('Living alone') or a multiperson household without any family nucleus. The category 'Not living alone' comprises persons that live either in a multiperson household without any family nucleus or in a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household. Persons who belong to a skip-generation household and who are not member of any family nucleus in that household shall be classified in the optional category 'Persons living in a household with relative(s)'.
The term 'son/daughter' is defined as the term 'child' in the technical specifications for the topic 'Family status'. 'Husband/wife couple' means a married opposite-sex couple.
'Registered partnership' is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic 'Legal marital status'. 'Consensual union' is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic 'Family status'.
The category 'Partners' comprises 'Persons in a married couple', 'Partners in a registered partnership' and 'Partners in a consensual union'.
'Primary homeless persons' are persons living in the streets without a shelter that would fall within the scope of living quarters as defined in the technical specifications for the topic 'Type of living quarters'.
3.4.22. Statistical concepts and definitions - Size of private household
Private households may be defined according to the 'housekeeping concept' , or, if this is not possible, Member States may apply the 'household-dwelling' concept.
1. Housekeeping concept
According to the housekeeping concept, a private household is either:
(a) A one-person household, that is a person who lives alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multiperson household as defined below; or
(b) A multiperson household, that is a group of two or more persons who combine to occupy the whole or part of a housing unit and to provide themselves with food and possibly other essentials for living. Members of the group may pool their incomes to a greater or lesser extent.
2. Household-dwelling concept
The household-dwelling concept considers all persons living in a housing unit to be members of the same household, such that there is one household per occupied housing unit. In the household dwelling concept, then, the number of occupied housing units and the number of households occupying them is equal, and the locations of the housing units and house holds are identical.
The category 'Persons living in a private household' comprises 'Persons in a family nucleus' and 'Persons not in a family nucleus'. The category 'Persons in a family nucleus' comprises all persons who belong to a private household that contains a family nucleus of which they are a member. 'Persons not in a family nucleus' comprises all persons who either belong to a non-family household or to a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household.
A non-family household can be a one-person household ('Living alone') or a multiperson household without any family nucleus. The category 'Not living alone' comprises persons that live either in a multiperson household without any family nucleus or in a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household. Persons who belong to a skip-generation household and who are not member of any family nucleus in that household shall be classified in the optional category 'Persons living in a household with relative(s)'.
The term 'son/daughter' is defined as the term 'child' in the technical specifications for the topic 'Family status'. 'Husband/wife couple' means a married opposite-sex couple.
'Registered partnership' is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic 'Legal marital status'. 'Consensual union' is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic 'Family status'.
The category 'Partners' comprises 'Persons in a married couple', 'Partners in a registered partnership' and 'Partners in a consensual union'.
'Primary homeless persons' are persons living in the streets without a shelter that would fall within the scope of living quarters as defined in the technical specifications for the topic 'Type of living quarters'.
3.4.23. Statistical concepts and definitions - Tenure status of household
The topic 'Tenure status of households' refers to the arrangements under which a private household occupies all or part of a housing unit.
Households that are in the process of paying off a mortgage on the housing unit in which they live or purchasing their housing unit over time under other financial arrangementsare classified under 'Households of which at least one member is the owner of the housing unit'.
Households of which at least one member is the owner of the housing unit and at least one member tenant of all or part of the housing unit are classified under category 'Households of which at least one member is the owner of the housing unit'.
3.4.24. Statistical concepts and definitions - Type of living quarter
'Conventional dwellings' are structurally separate and independent premises at fixed locations which are designed for permanent human habitation and are, at the reference date, either used as a residence, or vacant, or reserved for seasonal or secondary use.
'Separate' means surrounded by walls and covered by a roof or ceiling so that one or more persons can isolate themselves. 'Independent' means having direct access from a street or a staircase, passage, gallery or grounds.
'Other housing units' are huts, cabins, shacks, shanties, caravans, houseboats, barns, mills, caves or any other shelter used for human habitation at the time of the census, irrespective if it was designed for human habitation.
'Collective living quarters' are premises which are designed for habitation by large groups of individuals or several households and which are used as the usual residence of at least one person at the time of the census.
'Occupied conventional dwellings', 'other housing units' and 'collective living quarters' together represent'‘living quarters'. Any 'living quarter' must be the usual residence of at least one person.
3.4.25. Statistical concepts and definitions - Occupancy status
'Occupied conventional dwellings' are conventional dwellings which are the usual residence of one or more persons at the time of the census. 'Unoccupied conventional dwellings' are conventional dwellings which are not the usual residence of any person at the time of the census.
Conventional dwellings with persons present but not included in the census are classified under the category 'Dwellings reserved for seasonal or secondary use'.
3.4.26. Statistical concepts and definitions - Type of ownership
The topic 'Type of ownership' refers to the ownership of the dwelling and not to that of the land on which the dwelling stands.
'Owner-occupied dwellings' are those where at least one occupant of the dwelling owns parts or the whole of the dwelling. 'Cooperative ownership' refers to ownership within the framework of a housing cooperative.
'Rented dwellings' are those where at least one occupant pays a rent for the occupation of the dwelling, and where no occupant owns parts or the whole of the dwelling.
3.4.27. Statistical concepts and definitions - Number of occupants
The number of occupants of a housing unit is the number of people for whom the housing unit is the usual residence.
3.4.28. Statistical concepts and definitions - Useful floor space
Useful floor space is defined as the floor space measured inside the outer walls excluding non-habitable cellars and attics and, in multi-dwelling buildings, all common spaces; or the total floor space of rooms falling under the concept of 'room'.
A 'room' is defined as a space in a housing unit enclosed by walls reaching from the floor to the ceiling or roof, of a size large enough to hold a bed for an adult (4 square metres at least) and at least 2 metres high over the major area of the ceiling.
3.4.29. Statistical concepts and definitions - Number of rooms
A 'room' is defined as a space in a housing unit enclosed by walls reaching from the floor to the ceiling or roof, of a size large enough to hold a bed for an adult (4 square metres at least) and at least 2 metres high over the major area of the ceiling.
3.4.30. Statistical concepts and definitions - Density standard (floor space)
The topic ‘Density standard’ relates the useful floor space in square metres or the number of rooms to the number of occupants, as specified under the topic 'Number of occupants'.
Data report on the density standard measured by the 'useful floor space', or, if not possible, by the 'number of rooms'.
3.4.31. Statistical concepts and definitions - Density standard (number of rooms)
The topic ‘Density standard’ relates the useful floor space in square metres or the number of rooms to the number of occupants, as specified under the topic 'Number of occupants'.
Data report on the density standard measured by the 'useful floor space', or, if not possible, by the 'number of rooms'.
3.4.32. Statistical concepts and definitions - Water supply system
The water supply system for all occupied conventional dwellings and for all other housing units, was recorded.
3.4.33. Statistical concepts and definitions - Toilet facilities
The toilet facilities for all occupied conventional dwellings and for all other housing units, was recorded.
3.4.34. Statistical concepts and definitions - Bathing facilities
A bathing facility is any facility designed to wash the whole body and includes shower facilities.
3.4.35. Statistical concepts and definitions - Type of heating
A housing unit is considered as centrally heated if heating is provided either from a community heating centre or from an installation built in the building or in the housing unit, established for heating purposes, without regard to the source of energy.
3.4.36. Statistical concepts and definitions - Type of building
The topic 'Dwellings by type of building' refers to the number of dwellings in the building in which the dwelling is placed.
3.4.37. Statistical concepts and definitions - Period of construction
The topic 'Dwellings by period of construction' refers to the year when the building in which the dwelling is placed was completed.
3.5. Statistical unit
The EU programme for the 2011 population and housing censuses include data on persons, private households, family nuclei, conventional dwellings and living quarters
3.6. Statistical population
Persons enumerated in the 2011 census are those who were usually resident in the territory of the reporting country at the census reference date. Usual residence means the place where a person normally spends the daily period of rest, regardless of temporary absences for purposes of recreation, holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage
3.7. Reference area
Data are available at different levels of geographical detail: national, NUTS2, NUTS3 and local administrative units (LAU2)
3.8. Coverage - Time
Data refer to the situation in the reporting country at the census reference date (see item 5)
3.9. Base period
Counts of statistical units
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Common reminder of EU legislation
6.1.1. Bodies responsible
Statistical Service of Cyprus
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Restricted from publication7.1. Confidentiality - policy
According to the Statistics Law No. 15(I) of 2000, paragraphs (1) & (3) of article (13) on statistical confidentiality, state the following:
13.(1) (a) The data collected and processed by the Statistical Service for the production of statistics are considered as confidential as long as they allow the direct or indirect identification of statistical units and disclose personal data:
Provided that data which have been gathered from sources which are accessible to the public are not considered as confidential.
For the purposes of this section “personal data” means data concerning natural or legal persons.
(b) A statistical unit is identified directly by its name and address or by a registration number which has officially been granted to it.
(c) A statistical unit is identified indirectly if it is possible to ascertain its identity in a manner other than that which is provided in paragraph (b). In order to ascertain whether a statistical unit may be identified indirectly, all the means shall be considered which may reasonably be used for the identification of the specific statistical unit.
(3) The statistics compiled on the basis of the data resulting from a survey shall be published in such a manner as to render impossible the direct or indirect disclosure of the identity of those who provided the data or of the persons to whom the data relate.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
The method of cell suppression was used. Primary cell suppression was applied: any cell value which is less than three was suppressed in the tables and the confidentiality flag appears in its place.
8.1. Release calendar
Data are made available 27 months after the end of the reference period (March 2014)
8.2. Release calendar access
8.3. Release policy - user access
The data processed from the 2011 Census of Population as well as metadata has been made available to all users, on CYSTAT’s website at the following url:
The users are informed (on our website), through a calendar of announcements, about the data to be published in the week following the announcement. Our policy (based on the Statistics Law No. 15(I)/2000) is to disseminate statistical data to all users at the same time. The data which is available on our website is accessible to the public free of charge.
Concerning the publications on the 2011 Census of Population which are to follow, the press will be informed via press releases on the date that the publication will be released. The publications will be available in pdf format on our website (available for download free of charge), while the paper publications will be available for purchase from the Government Printing Office or from CYSTAT's Registry, at a cost to be determined by the management of CYSTAT.
The users may also select the “alert” service offered by our website, for the statistical theme(s) of their choice, which informs them, on the day of the announcement, of any new publications or any new tables of key figures published.
Data on population and housing censuses are disseminated every decade
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
National press conference concerning the 2011 Census of Population on 29/12/2011.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Data is currently available on our website. Paper publications will also be available within the next few months.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Annexes:
Published tables and metadata regarding the Census of Population 2011 on the CYSTAT website
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Census data are not accessible as microdata.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
None.
11.1. Documentation on methodology
A methodology report on the Post Enumeration Survey conducted for the 2011 Census of Population can be accessed at the following url:
http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=3
A general methodology report on the 2011 Census of Population (in Greek) can be accessed at the following url:
The corresponding methodology report in English can be accessed at the following url:
11.2. Quality management - documentation
A methodology report on the Post Enumeration Survey conducted for the 2011 Census of Population (in order to assess the coverage of the population), can be accessed at the following url:
http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=3
12.1. Quality assurance
Regarding measures for ensuring quality, please refer to the answer in question 12.2.
Regarding the efficient use of resources, please refer to the anwer to question 18.No definition available for this concept
12.2. Quality management - assessment
12.2.1. Coverage assessment
In order to assess the coverage, a Post Enumeration Survey was carried out. A methodology report on the Post Enumeration Survey conducted for the 2011 Census of Population can be accessed at the following url:
http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=3
The final data validation comprised various consistency checks carried out regarding individual variables collected, as well as checks between related variables. The SPSS software package was used.
12.2.2. Post-enumeration survey(s)
In order to assess the coverage, a Post Enumeration Survey was carried out. A methodology report on the Post Enumeration Survey conducted for the 2011 Census of Population can be accessed at the following url:
http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=3
13.1. Relevance - User Needs
The census data disseminated by Eurostat are addressed to policy makers, researchers, media and the general public.
13.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
No user satisfaction surveys are carried out. User inquiries are handled by the Eurostat User Support service.
13.3. Completeness
Depends on the availability of data transmitted by the National Statistical Institutes.
14.1. Accuracy - overall
14.1.1. Accuracy overall - Usual residence
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.2. Accuracy overall - Sex
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.3. Accuracy overall - Age
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.4. Accuracy overall - Marital status
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.5. Accuracy overall - Family status
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.6. Accuracy overall - Household status
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.7. Accuracy overall - Current activity status
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.8. Accuracy overall - Occupation
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.9. Accuracy overall - Industry
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.10. Accuracy overall - Status in employment
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.11. Accuracy overall - Place of work
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.12. Accuracy overall - Educational attainment
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.13. Accuracy overall - Size of the locality
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.14. Accuracy overall - Place of birth
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.15. Accuracy overall - Country of citizenship
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.16. Accuracy overall - Year of arrival in the country
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.17. Accuracy overall - Residence one year before
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.18. Accuracy overall - Housing arrangements
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.19. Accuracy overall - Type of family nucleus
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.20. Accuracy overall - Size of family nucleus
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.21. Accuracy overall - Type of private household
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.22. Accuracy overall - Size of private household
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.23. Accuracy overall - Tenure status of household
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.24. Accuracy overall - Type of living quarter
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.25. Accuracy overall - Occupancy status
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.26. Accuracy overall - Type of ownership
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.27. Accuracy overall - Number of occupants
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.28. Accuracy overall - Useful floor space
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.29. Accuracy overall - Number of rooms
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.30. Accuracy overall - Density standard (floor space)
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.31. Accuracy overall - Density standard (number of rooms)
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.32. Accuracy overall - Water supply system
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.33. Accuracy overall - Toilet facilities
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.34. Accuracy overall - Bathing facilities
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.35. Overall accuracy - Type of heating
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.36. Overall accuracy - Type of building
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.1.37. Overall accuracy - Period of construction
There are no particular reasons for data unreliability for this topic
14.2. Sampling error
14.3. Non-sampling error
15.1. Timeliness
HC01- HC03: 7/3/2014.
HC04: 11/3/2014
HC05: 12/3/2014
HC06:11/3/2014
HC07-08: 10/3/2014
HC09: 11/3/2014
HC10-HC16: 13/3/2014
HC17-HC18: 5/3/2014
HC19-HC24: 14/3/2014
HC25: 28/2/2014
HC26-HC32: 13/3/2014
HC33: 5/3/2014
HC34-HC38: 12/3/2014
HC39: 5/3/2014
HC40-HC41: 12/3/2014
HC42: 5/3/2014
HC43-HC45: 12/3/2014
HC46: 7/3/2014
HC47-HC48: 6/3/2014
HC49: 12/3/2014
HC50: 6/3/2014
HC51: 5/3/2014
HC52-HC54: 12/3/2014
HC55: 4/2/2014
HC56-HC60: 12/3/2014
QHC01: 20/3/2014
QHC02: 24/3/2014
QHC03-QHC07: 26/3/2014
QHC08-QHC10: 27/3/2014
QHC11: 28/3/2014
QHC12-20: 31/3/2014
QHC24: 31/3/2014
15.2. Punctuality
16.1. Comparability - geographical
There do not exist any definitions or national practices that could impair the comparability of the data.
For any additional clarifications on certain topics, please refer to section 3.4: Statistical Concepts and Definitions.
16.2. Comparability - over time
17.1. Coherence - cross domain
Figures provided by the National Statistical Institutes in the framework of the 2011 Population and Housing Census may differ from those transmitted in other statistical domains due to the cross domain differences in definitions and methodologies used. For additional information please see metadata specific to each domain.
17.2. Coherence - internal
Internal coherence is assured by regulations defining breakdowns and definitions of topics (Regulation (EC) No 1201/2009, Regulation (EU) No 519/2010, Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010).
CYSTAT implemented the innovative Cyprus Integrated Census System (CY-BICS) developed for the 2011 Census of Population, in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands.
The aim of CY-BICS was two-fold. Firstly, the aim was to capture the Census data by applying the Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method, and secondly, to incorporate innovative and highly automated technologies for the production of accurate data quickly and efficiently at low cost.
CY-BICS has achieved significant savings in cost, estimated at 25% of the total Census budget. The direct data entry, editing and coding in netbooks prevented the manual work following the data collection as well as the printing of paper questionnaires.
19.1. Data revision - policy
19.2. Data revision - practice
No revisions of the transmitted data have taken place.
20.1. Source data
20.1.1. List of data sources
20.1.1.1. List of data sources - data on persons
Data source: Questionnaire-based.
Data on persons: Personal Questionnaire - filled in for each individual member of the household.
20.1.1.2. List of data sources - data on households
Data source: Questionnaire-based.
Data on households: Household Questionnaire
20.1.1.3. List of data sources - data on family nuclei
Data source: Questionnaire-based.
Data on family nuclei: Household Questionnaire - roster displaying the relationships between the head of the household and the other members of the household. Further processing was carried out (with the use of a programming software) to construct the variable of family nucleus.
20.1.1.4. List of data sources - data on conventional dwellings
Data source: Questionnaire-based.
Data on Conventional Dwellings: Housing Unit Questionnaire (one of the questions that had to be filled in, referred to the type of living quarter, one of the categories being "Conventional Dwelling").
20.1.1.5. List of data sources - data on living quarters
Data source: Questionnaire-based.
Data on Living Quarters: Housing Unit Questionnaire
20.1.2. Classification of data sources
20.1.2.1. Classification of data sources - data on persons
01.Conventional censuses20.1.2.2. Classification of data sources - data on households
01.Conventional censuses20.1.2.3. Classification of data sources - data on family nuclei
01.Conventional censuses20.1.2.4. Classification of data sources - data on conventional dwellings
01.Conventional censuses20.1.2.5. Classification of data sources - data on living quarters
01.Conventional censuses20.2. Frequency of data collection
Data on population and housing censuses are collected every decade, in a reference year that falls during the beginning of every decade
20.3. Data collection
CYSTAT carried out a questionnaire-based data collection:
a) Design and testing of questionnaires:
Three types of questionnaires were designed so as to comply with the relevant EU legislation as regards the data requirements: a Housing Unit questionnaire, a Household Questionnaire (which included a roster with a listing of all the members of the household and the relationship between each household member with the head of the household), and a Personal questionnaire which was filled in for each individual member of the household.
The questionnaires were developed, tested and improved based on pilot surveys that were conducted by CYSTAT.
Copies of the final questionnaires may be obtained at the following url:
b) Preparation of address lists, preparation of the fieldwork, mapping, publicity:
The entire Government-controlled area of Cyprus was delimitated in clear geographical boundaries, respecting the official geographical boundaries (district, municipalities and communities and quarters). A further delimitation took place in smaller areas called enumeration blocks (of area < 1 km2 in urban areas). With the latter, a better organisation of the Census was achieved. Moreover, the collection of data to a very detailed geographical level was made possible, so that an accurate reference to each geographical subdivision could be made.
The ArcGIS software package was used for the geographical organisation of the Census: each enumerator was provided with a paper map of the enumeration block (EB) for which s/he was responsible, as well as a listing on the netbook, of all the streets comprising the EB in question.
Publicity regarding the conducting of the Census, prior to the Census and while the Census was being conducted, was done in the press and national TV channels.
c) Data collection including fieldwork:
The electronic Census questionnaires were developed using the Blaise software, in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands.
The data collection was conducted using the Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method, using netbook computers on which the Census electronic Questionnaires were installed.
The data collected was recorded and stored on the netbook by each enumerator and at frequent intervals was transferred to the supervisors’ computers at the district offices. Data editing was carried out by the supervisors and assistant district officers. The codification for most of the variables was done automatically on the netbook. The supervisors and assistant district officers had to check the coverage of each enumeration block as well as the quality of the data collected.
20.4. Data validation
Final data validation:
Following the data collection, the final data validation comprised various consistency checks carried out regarding individual variables restrictions, as well as consistency checks between related variables, using the SPSS Statistics software package.
20.5. Data compilation
The data was collected with the CAPI method, using netbook computers. The codification of all the variables except for the occupation and the economic activity was done automatically on the netbook computers. The data on the occupation and economic activity was collected in descriptive form; the codification for those two variables was conducted a few months following the completion of the Census, using a program developed in Blaise. The codified variables were then linked with the rest of the variables in the main Census Database, based on the key of each record. For the household population, the key was the enumeration block code, the street code, the housing unit ID, the household serial number and the person number (the household member’s serial number); for the institutional population, the key was the enumeration block code, the street code, the Institution ID and the person’s serial number.
Record editing for the variables collected was carried out by the enumerators, the supervisors and the assistant district officers while the Census was being conducted. Following the data collection, the final data validation comprised various consistency checks carried out regarding individual variables restrictions, as well as consistency checks between related variables using the SPSS Statistics software package.
Furthermore, as regards the generation of households, each individual household had a unique code and a questionnaire had to be filled in for each individual household. The household questionnaire included a roster of all the household members as well as the relationships between each household member with the head of the household.
Regarding the generation of families, a program using the SAS software was developed, utilising the roster of each household, in order to generate the variables “Person in a married couple”, “Person in a consensual union”, “Child”, “Lone parent”, “Person living alone”, “Person not living alone (but not belonging to a family nucleus)”.
Using the above variables, as SPSS program was developed so as to construct the variables “Family Status”, “Household Status”, “Type of Family Nucleus” and “Type of Private Household”.
20.6. Adjustment
The EU programme for the 2011 population and housing censuses include data on persons, private households, family nuclei, conventional dwellings and living quarters
Persons enumerated in the 2011 census are those who were usually resident in the territory of the reporting country at the census reference date. Usual residence means the place where a person normally spends the daily period of rest, regardless of temporary absences for purposes of recreation, holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage
Data are available at different levels of geographical detail: national, NUTS2, NUTS3 and local administrative units (LAU2)
Counts of statistical units
The data was collected with the CAPI method, using netbook computers. The codification of all the variables except for the occupation and the economic activity was done automatically on the netbook computers. The data on the occupation and economic activity was collected in descriptive form; the codification for those two variables was conducted a few months following the completion of the Census, using a program developed in Blaise. The codified variables were then linked with the rest of the variables in the main Census Database, based on the key of each record. For the household population, the key was the enumeration block code, the street code, the housing unit ID, the household serial number and the person number (the household member’s serial number); for the institutional population, the key was the enumeration block code, the street code, the Institution ID and the person’s serial number.
Record editing for the variables collected was carried out by the enumerators, the supervisors and the assistant district officers while the Census was being conducted. Following the data collection, the final data validation comprised various consistency checks carried out regarding individual variables restrictions, as well as consistency checks between related variables using the SPSS Statistics software package.
Furthermore, as regards the generation of households, each individual household had a unique code and a questionnaire had to be filled in for each individual household. The household questionnaire included a roster of all the household members as well as the relationships between each household member with the head of the household.
Regarding the generation of families, a program using the SAS software was developed, utilising the roster of each household, in order to generate the variables “Person in a married couple”, “Person in a consensual union”, “Child”, “Lone parent”, “Person living alone”, “Person not living alone (but not belonging to a family nucleus)”.
Using the above variables, as SPSS program was developed so as to construct the variables “Family Status”, “Household Status”, “Type of Family Nucleus” and “Type of Private Household”.
Data on population and housing censuses are disseminated every decade
HC01- HC03: 7/3/2014.
HC04: 11/3/2014
HC05: 12/3/2014
HC06:11/3/2014
HC07-08: 10/3/2014
HC09: 11/3/2014
HC10-HC16: 13/3/2014
HC17-HC18: 5/3/2014
HC19-HC24: 14/3/2014
HC25: 28/2/2014
HC26-HC32: 13/3/2014
HC33: 5/3/2014
HC34-HC38: 12/3/2014
HC39: 5/3/2014
HC40-HC41: 12/3/2014
HC42: 5/3/2014
HC43-HC45: 12/3/2014
HC46: 7/3/2014
HC47-HC48: 6/3/2014
HC49: 12/3/2014
HC50: 6/3/2014
HC51: 5/3/2014
HC52-HC54: 12/3/2014
HC55: 4/2/2014
HC56-HC60: 12/3/2014
QHC01: 20/3/2014
QHC02: 24/3/2014
QHC03-QHC07: 26/3/2014
QHC08-QHC10: 27/3/2014
QHC11: 28/3/2014
QHC12-20: 31/3/2014
QHC24: 31/3/2014
There do not exist any definitions or national practices that could impair the comparability of the data.
For any additional clarifications on certain topics, please refer to section 3.4: Statistical Concepts and Definitions.